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Funny, That’s no how I see Kickstarter

Saw this yesterday, and while I agree on some level, Kickstarter isn’t Wal-Mart. I 100% disagree, with this reasoning “Strickler thinks that paying too much attention to deadlines draws focus away from...

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The Present is finally here

So… It arrived. It took a while, but it’s here. And whether it was worth the wait or not, it’s here now, and it’s as awesome as I had hoped. Unboxing was quite nice, you can see that the packaging is...

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Two things I’m very proud of

The other day I had the opportunity to take part in something super awesome. I’m almost embarrassed it took me this long to get involved. House of Genius, is to be blunt, awesome. I had the opportunity...

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So Yeah, Denwhere?

I neglect my personal blog way too much. There I said it judge away.. That said I’m still not signing up for Tumblr. Ok anyway on to why I sat down to write this post. Denwhere? 360|Conferences brings...

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Do you need to organize a Hackathon?

Some companies can rock their own hackathons! Developer evangelists do a good job with hackathons, but not all companies have developer evangelists, and not all developer evangelists can or want to...

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My kingdom for a Stylus

Well maybe a sub-kingdom, or duchy i don’t care about. My pal Terry wrote up a review of the Pencil by 53, which got me thinking about my next stylus. Terry did an awesome job and even did a tl;dr;...

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Defend the internet

Why something that was born from academia, transcends (mostly) national borders, and brings together people and idea, even needs defending is beyond me. That said, it’s clearly not beyond our...

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I like this stylus! My Review of the TrueGlide Apex

I’ve been on a hunt for a stylus i like for a while now. I tried the O-Stylus, but was afraid I’d break it, but it is beautiful and I’m excited to own one of the first. I tried the Lunatik Pen, it’s...

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Why 360|intersect means so much to me.

tl;dr; Buy a ticket to 360|intersect, thank me afterward. Hate it, I’ll give you your ticket fee back. But really, read this. I created 360|intersect last year, after 3 years of it sitting in my brain,...

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Events are easy

until they’re not. They’re easy when it’s someone elses money you’re working with, or when there’s no real money on the line to begin with. Or when your name and reputation aren’t attached to it....

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Denver Startup Week 2014 Review (Part 2)

This year i had the pleasure to be in charge of our headline events for the week (basically the 6-9 slot each day), and it went pretty well. Last year three of us manned the top spot, and it was kinda...

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Happy National Comic Sans Day!

Normally I’d have swapped out my Style Sheet so the whole site was in Comic Sans. I’ve been busy and didn’t get around to it. (UPDATE: I did swap out my style stheet!) However this tweet urged me to at...

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Where’s the iPad fit in?

I saw this post, and it really echo’d thoughts and conversations I’ve had lately about the iPad. There’s been a lot of “You shouldn’t upgrade”, “You need to upgrade” articles about the iPad Air 2. I’ll...

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Good Conference Wifi

A friend of mine in the industry posted this this other day. On reading it I was a bit insulted. Nothing is ever cut and dry and conference tech certainly isn’t. At 360|iDev this year the wireless was...

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The Dark side of 2FA

Ok maybe Down side, is better than dark side. But there’s a suck for sure. I’m a big proponent of 2 factor Authentication (2FA). While not the most convenient, with cyber attacks happening more and...

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One more Stylus review

So I’ve done a few of these. Right now (and this one may be the one) I’m in love with the Dotpen stylus. It’s really nice! The thing that drew me to it initially was the tip. I can’t stand those big...

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I built an app.

Ok I didn’t. I guess I product managed an app :) Tom and his team worked with me on “Edit Me“. I’ve helped get lots of apps launched (no shortage of 360|iDev and Flex apps out there, that I helped...

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My First Day with Pebble Time

I lingered around the house yesterday before heading out for a work function just so I could get my new Pebble Time. WORTH IT! I backed the Time the moment i heard about it. No regrets, it’s a nice...

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360|iDev 2015, What an amazing thing we did.

So i just finished my big event of the year, 360|iDev and wow. What a rush (as always). TL;DR; So honored to share a room with so many awesome people being awesome. Making amazing things, being parts...

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Denver Startup Culture

tl; dr; Is Broken, but fixable. the long form: I got into a Facebook fight with a CEO the other day. He was mad i said a blog post on his site was click bait (which it was, but the popular term is...

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